Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Znamya Truda & Volgar Astrakhan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Znamya and Volgar Astrakhan.
Znamya Truda form and stats
The Znamya Truda club members got no joy from their last game, a Russian Cup duel also played here at Sportkompleks Znamja Truda: A 1-3 defeat against Volgar Astrakhan.
Ahead of that match, Znamya Truda won a home game hosting Tver (2-1).Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - 5th round.Volgar Astrakhan have only collected 3 points from their away games in the FNL, after 0-3-3 (6 played).
Two travels in a row for Volgar Astrakhan, whose manager Pavlov could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against Znamya Truda.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Arsenal Tula.Astrakhan are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games. As opposed to that, Volgar Astrakhan have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Znamya Truda and Volgar Astrakhan have duelled earlier this season: Znamya - Volgar Astrakhan 1-3.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzhioev 6 goals |  T. Zhamaletdinov 3 goals | R. Urkhov 2 goals |
Znamya Truda missing players
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
| Znamya Truda | Volgar Astrakhan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 17 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 181% | 183% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 53% | ||
| 0.7 | 1.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0.7 | 1.1 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 | Makhachkala | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Shinnik | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Akron | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Khimki | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Torpedo Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Sokol Saratov | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Tyumen | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | SKA Khabarovsk | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Rodina Moskva | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Yenisey | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | Chernomorets | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Leningradets | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Neftekhimik | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
